UPDATE: Bluesman Doug MacLeod – UK dates cancelled

UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond his control, Doug MacLeod has been forced to cancel his UK dates. His performances will be rearranged, and I’ll update when I have more news.

One of the best-sounding releases of the year so far is There’s A Time, the latest set by blues singer/songwriter Doug MacLeod (above) – and now MacLeod is coming to the UK for a week of dates in September, playing intimate venues well suited to his storytelling and remarkable guitar and vocals.

There’s A Time, on the San Francisco-based Reference Recordings label, was made at Skywalker Sound and engineered by the legendary – and Grammy-winning – ‘Prof’ Keith Johnson.

As MacLeod says, ‘They put Jimi, Denny and me on this huge soundstage at Skywalker Sound in Marin County and we sat around in a circle where we could see each other. We played live, no overdubs, just three guys playing some music together.’